Strength Through Failure with Fabio:
Playlist
from June 25, 2015

The Failure of Noise
The Failure of Sound
The Failure of Rock
The Failure of the Avant Garde
The Failure of the Space Age
The Failure of Jazz
The Failure of Psychedelia
The Failure of Krautrock
The Failure of Electronic
The Failure of Pop
The Failure of Free-form
The Failure of the 20th Century

Thu. 6/25/15 3:52pm
Mark:
Dude, this is the strangest thing--I grew up near Detroit, and SRC used to get quite a bit of airplay locally, especially "Black Sheep." I heard he died recently, and I picked up a great CD with all 3 of their albums on it. And today YOU'RE PLAYING IT! Some obscure band from Detroit that hasn't made a record in 45 years! WTF?

Thu. 6/25/15 3:54pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
SRC - very interesting I know *nothing* about this Psych band on the scene w/ MC5 &tc. Heard a track posted in a fb group - this one I think!: Made me think of Vanilla Fudge w/ the organ - but not - more like Morgen from NYC (whom I love) as that portentous & somewhat doomy Post-Summer of Love Psych - & that interesting place between Psych & Metal a tiny bit too (Frijid Pinks & things)...

Thu. 6/25/15 4:43pm
P-90:
@V.Priceless: In addition to the worthiness of things like "Cellophane Symphony", just think of the five or six huge hits top-ten hits they had during the sixties, and how weirdly idiosyncratic each one is, and how completely different they all are one from another.

IF: by any chance you haven't heard Dave the Spazz'z interview with Tommy J. from a few years back, check it out on the archive...

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Thu. 6/25/15 4:44pm
Rev. Turnip Druid:
The Law of the Heads states clearly that any instrumental tune of this type must run 12 minutes MINIMUM.

Thu. 6/25/15 5:00pm
Harpsichrist:
FABIO! what was that awesome bumper music featuring distorted, reverbed, psychedelic harpsichord just before you started naming the tracks in the last set??? that was AWESOME. (also, sorry bout James Last.)

Thu. 6/25/15 5:46pm
Marcel M:
Does Clay not realize he has been dead for quite some time?

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Thu. 6/25/15 5:48pm
dale:
the material is good obviously, but the production on the nick drake albums is just stunning. sparse when it has to be and lush the rest of the time.

Thu. 6/25/15 5:48pm
Fredericks:
A ramp up on Nick Drake? Those things ruined many a radio tape for me.

Thu. 6/25/15 5:50pm
Cliff:
Well that was amazing....I think I just instantly became a Nick Drake fan (never heard of him before!)

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Thu. 6/25/15 5:53pm
dale:
cliff - nick drake requires no repeated listenings to love. but it does get better each time. except for pink moon, which was used in a volkswagon commercial. i may never listen to that again.

Thu. 6/25/15 5:54pm
Mike East:
I gotta be in the right mood for Nick Drake. Conveniently, I am in that mood now.

Thu. 6/25/15 5:55pm
Marcel M:
His finger picking is incredible. I read that he had such bad stage fright that he would face away from the booth when he recorded. Tragic guy.. he was also never fully accepted in the "folk" scene of the time in England, because he was different and wasn't "blue collar" enough or something. But he was miles a head of any of those idiots anyway.